The reason why news on current affairs are not protected by the Copyright Law is that they are merged with the facts. The short news which simply reports the time，place，characters and what happened is not a work，while by adding someone’s own insights and views to the short news can be regarded as a work. News on current affairs and news works are different. Statutory license for reprinting between newspapers and magazines is not applicable to the network environment，and the reprint of works by the network media should obey the rule of “authorization before use”. In the case of infringement of the right of communication through information network，if the defendant claims not to shoulder the responsibility on the ground that he only provides the linking service，the proof burden is on him. The determination of the amount of damages for copyright infringement should be based on the principle of “compensate for the actual loss”，and accord with the right holder’s loss，the circumstances of the infringement and other factors.